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Friday 11th July 2025

Kick Off 19.30 Actual 19.31

Civil Service Strollers 2 Montrose 2, attendance 112

24’ 0-1

26’ 0-2

32’ 1-2

65’ 2-2

@ Christie Gillies Park

25 Marine Drive

Muirhouse

Edinburgh

EH4 5EJ

£8 Admission

No Programme.

Tonight was an opportunity to visit the only ground in the Lowland League I hadn’t yet seen a game on, with the added attraction that it was against Scottish League 1 opposition. Christie Gillies Park is in Muirhouse, to the west of Edinburgh. It is fully railed and floodlit and has two sections of two rows of seating, but being set so low, sight lines are poor. Both the clubhouse and tea bar, which was serving hot food and drinks, are behind the entrance end goal, whilst the far goal end is out of bounds to spectators.

A long throw in, misjudged by a defender, led to a volleyed finish which put Montrose ahead after twenty four minutes and they doubled their lead just two minutes later, when a through ball was lobbed over the advancing ‘keeper from just inside the box. Just after the half hour mark Strollers pulled a goal back, when a pull back from the right was side footed in via a deflection. Midway through the second half they levelled it up at 2-2, when a one two on the edge of the box was finished left footed into the bottom corner.